Give it to mama
Give it, give it
Give it to mama, mama (oh)
Give it
Give it to mama, mama

For some strange reason (huh)
You done pleasin' me like it's okay (oh, oh, oh)
Like a perm that's been left too long, it starts to burn
The result is it just won't take (oh, oh, oh)
(I can see) now it's all coming so clear to me now
(I can see) misinterpreted all of my naiveness
Was just thinking if I had no you that I can't do
My stock just went up over two million

So if you want to (uh, uh, huh, uh, uh)
You got the green light (uh, uh, huh, uh, uh)
So if you want to (uh, uh, huh, uh, uh)
You got the green light (uh, uh, huh, uh, uh)
So if you want to (want to, want to) (uh, uh, huh, uh, uh)
You got the green light (uh, uh, huh, uh, uh)
So if you want to (uh, uh, huh, uh, uh)
You got the green light (uh, uh, huh, uh, uh)
Give it to mama

Go, go, go, go oh oh oh
Go, go, go, go oh oh
Go, go, go, go oh oh oh
Go, go, red light
(Ah) green light

Some see me, say I should be trophied
'Cause it gets no stronger (oh, oh, oh)
Ladies, y'all know (yeah, girl, y'all know)
This pimp-ish gets no older
Is that a threat? (what's another threat?)
Yep (that's another threat)
I'm immune, you can't get no cold, yeah
You got the green light (whoa)
You the king, right? (whoa)
You holdin' up traffic, green means go

Go, go, go, go oh oh oh
Go, go, go, go oh oh oh
Go, go, go, go oh oh oh
Go, go, red light, green light (I said you're holdin' up traffic, green means go)

So if you want to (uh, uh, huh, uh, uh)
You got the green light (uh, uh, huh, uh, uh) (you got the green light baby)
So if you want to (uh, uh, huh, uh, uh)
You got the green light (uh, uh, huh, uh, uh)
So if you want to (uh, uh, huh, uh, uh) (if you want to)
You got the green light (uh, uh, huh, uh, uh)
So if you want to (uh, uh, huh, uh, uh)
You got the green light (uh, uh, huh, uh, uh)
(Give it to mama)

Ain't no problem, you can go
I will find somebody else
It's alright, I'll move along
You got the green light, so you can go

Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go (red light, green light)

I gave all I could give, my love
My heart (my heart)
Now we're facing the end (the end) of what you did from the start
My love

(You're holdin' up traffic, green means go)

So if you want to (uh, uh, huh, uh, uh)
You got the green light (uh, uh, huh, uh, uh)
So if you want to (uh, uh, huh, uh, uh)
You got the green light (uh, uh, huh, uh, uh)
So if you want to (uh, uh, huh, uh, uh)
You got the green light (uh, uh, huh, uh, uh)
So if you want to (uh, uh, huh, uh, uh)
You got the green light (uh, uh, huh, uh, uh)
(Give it to mama)

Ain't no problem, you can go
I will find somebody else
It's alright, I'll move along
You got the green light, so you can go
Go, go, go oh whoa oh (red light, green light)


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Green Light Lyrics as written by Pharrell L. Williams Beyonce Knowles

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    she says:

    "Some sillies say I should be trophied Cause it gets no stronger"

    i think she's saying this dude is getting intimidated by her strongness, like he wants her in her place, so to speak, as a trophy wife

    "Ladies ya'll know (yea girl ya'll know) This pimp ish gets no older Is that a threat (what's another threat) Yep! (that's another threat) From you, you can get no colder You got the green light you the king right?"

    She's sayin "o you think i can be pimped? you think you're the king? you can go find someone else then, b/c i'm not the one"

    it's a feminist song basically. she's demanding that no man put her down, and if wants to do so, he's got the green light to go.

    make sense?

    mccaffelon November 01, 2007   Link

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